Effective immediately, Wayne County Public Health is seeking medical professional volunteers to administer COVID-19 vaccines. With over 280,000 residents vaccinated, we are making progress but still have a ways to go. Your service can help up keep Wayne County safe and more quickly end this pandemic.

Health care professionals are now able serve as clinical volunteers because of an amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act passed on March 12, 2021. The amendment extends liability protections to specified healthcare professionals who do not usually administer vaccines in their scope of practice so that they may administer COVID-19 vaccines.More information about changes to the PREP Act is available from the federal Department of Health and Human Services' article Expanding the COVID-19 Vaccination Workforce.

CLINICAL VOLUNTEERS ONLY

WCPHD is seeking volunteers from these professions:

• Doctor (OD/MD/DO)
• Dentist
• Pharmacist
• Pharmacy Technician
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
• Bachelors of Science in Nursing (RN BSN)
• Paramedic
• Licensed Practical Nurse (under the supervision of an RN or higher)

Volunteers must:

· Have a valid Michigan medical license in one of the listed professions above or if retired, be within five years of the last valid date of that license. You will be asked to enter information about your Michigan medical license.

· Volunteer for a full day shift at Wayne County Community College District - Downriver Campus (21000 Northline Rd, Taylor, MI 48180) or Schoolcraft College - VisTaTech Center (18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia, MI 48152) from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with breaks during the day and a lunch break. Please bring you own lunch.

· Consent to a background check.

Volunteers are encouraged to volunteer for multiple dates. Volunteer for one day or as many days as your schedule will permit.

Ready to sign up?
· Click here to sign up for your preferred day(s).

Additional Information
· Volunteers will be administering vaccine to people at designated COVID-19 vaccine distribution locations for Wayne County.
· A complete logistical crowd control process that follows all COVID-19 Safety protocols and handles all elements of crowd controls and emergencies is in place.

· Volunteers can receive a COVID-19 vaccine if they wish to obtain one when they volunteer.

· Volunteers will be given onsite training prior to vaccine distribution.

· There is supervisory staff at all locations for volunteer questions and guidance.

· No record keeping is required of the volunteers.

· Many health care organizations are working together to promote this volunteer activity.

· As qualified persons, healthcare professionals will be afforded liability protections in accordance with the PREP Act and the terms of the federal amended Declaration. Review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Legal and Regulatory Issues Pertaining to the MI Volunteer Registry.

Sign up here!

Thank you for providing a great community service to the citizens of Southeastern Michigan! We appreciate all healthcare professionals working together to support our population to get the COVID-19 vaccines! #staysafe.